Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation
Refined Draft and Character Pose 1
A course by Max Prentis , Illustrator
About the video: Refined Draft and Character Pose 1
Overview
“With the thumbnail sketches complete, the next step is to select the best and use it as the basis of the drawing. In this lesson, I will illustrate how I figure out the final pose of my character and refine the details. ”
In this video lesson Max Prentis addresses the topic: Refined Draft and Character Pose 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation. Illustrate your vision of the future by creating unique characters filled with color, texture, and patterns using both analog and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“in this lesson, we're going to start drafting our character. using reference from our thumbnail that we picked. Also keeping our mood board to the side as well for extra references. we want to start quite loose with our draft. Then surely as we build up the skeleton and then the muscle. We'll start adding finer details later on. We're going to be using previous techniques that we learned in lessons before to make our draft. So when we started our draft, We want to keep it. Nice and loose. I'm using this red. Because it's a lot lighter and say, a black lead or a blue lead. is that it's much ...”
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Course summary for: Futuristic Character Illustration: From Concept to Creation
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Adobe Photoshop -
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Character Design, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Ink Illustration, Traditional illustration

Max Prentis
A course by Max Prentis
Max Prentis is a freelance illustrator who specializes in ink and digital art for character-focused illustration. Encouraged by his parents, he began drawing from a young age and eventually went on to study illustration. After graduating, he began sharing his art on social media before going on to focus on his freelance work full-time in 2016.
Throughout his career, Max has worked with brands such as Intel, Google, Nike, and Avex, and with animation companies like Goldenwolf, Cartoon Network, and Nexus. He also worked with musician Tokimonsta's on her Grammy-nominated album Lune Rouge. Alongside his client work, Max continues to share his work with over 130K followers on Instagram.
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